Representation without participation: Quotas for women in Bangladesh

International Political Science Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Panday, Pranab Kumar ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Participation; Quotas; Representation; Women in politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849110050     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512108095724     Document Type: Article

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